The group began in 1956 as three guys from Valley
Stream, New York, called the Rhythm Kings; the members were Dave
Goddard, Larry Vannata and Gene McCarthy. All of the guys played
instruments as well as singing vocals--Gene on the clarinet and tenor
sax, Larry the alto and tenor sax and Dave the piano. Bob Boden would
play drums when they performed live. A classmate's father, a record
distributor, heard the group and suggested that they add a high falsetto
voice. Shortly thereafter Larry met Lynne Nixon at a dance and asked
Gene and Dave to give her an audition. Upon hearing her voice they
agreed to add her to the group. At first Lynne only sang backgrounds,
until Larry wrote the song "You" for her to sing. They never
charted again and in 1964 they went their separate ways. In 1998 Dave
Goddard approached Colette Delaney about singing in a new Aquatones
group. The group was composed of Dave, Colette, Rich Hornung and Paul
King. Lynn Nixon died in January 2001, and Paul King passed away on
Christmas Eve 2013.
This is a non-profit, informational web page, meant to be a
reminder of the music we listened to 50 years ago. Use of copyrighted
material is consistent with the "fair use" provisions contained in
section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976; the use of copyrighted material is
of a nonprofit, educational nature, intended for the sole purposes of
research and comment and does not significantly negatively affect "the
potential market for or value of the copyrighted work(s)."